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Amnesty International Images Show ‘Systematic Burnings’ of Rohingya Villages

United Nations’ children’s agency estimates that as many as 400,000 people have fled to Bangladesh

Associated Press

Sept. 14, 2017 11:35 p.m. ET

GENEVA—Amnesty International said it uncovered evidence of an “orchestrated campaign of systematic burnings” by Myanmar security forces targeting dozens of Rohingya villages over the past three weeks.

The human rights group is releasing a new analysis of video, satellite photos, witness accounts and other data showing that more than 80 sites were torched in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state since an Aug. 25 militant attack on a border post. The United Nations’ children’s agency estimates that as many as 400,000 people have...